A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Pante Makasar in Timor Leste on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 22:30:34 / 10:30 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74.398 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rgs9. Id of event: us6000rgs9. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.1397 East, latitude -9.2064 South, depth = 74.398 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/10/25 / 2025-10-12 22:30:34 / October 12, 2025 @ 10:30 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Atambua, Soe, Kefamenanu. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 26 km W of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste.
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